Re: Proposal for a new W3C CG: "Web We Can Afford"

Dear Delfi,

Many thanks! Feedback is more than welcome, it's very much appreciated!

Best,
A.

Le Thu, 21 Jan 2016 21:12:14 +0100, Delfí Ramírez  
<delfin@delfiramirez.info> a écrit:

> Dear All, dear Alexandre:
>
> Count me in the group.
>
> Please, allow me two working days -- this is next weekend -- to read
> carefully the desc. of the group ( I just had a quick transversal look
> at right now )  and allow mw to write you back  with some proposals or
> enhancement, if any is needed.
>
> Regards
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> On 21/01/2016 18:10, alexandre.monnin@web-and-philosophy.org wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I'm sending this email to let you know that I submitted a proposal for  
>> a new CG entitled "Web We Can Afford".
>>
>> For those who'd like to join it, please register your support here:  
>> https://www.w3.org/community/groups/proposed/ !
>>
>> Feedback would be appreciated,
>>
>> All the best,
>> Alexandre Monnin
>>
>> Here is the description of the group:
>>
>> Most scientists now seem to agree that we've entered a new epoch dubbed  
>> the "Anthropocene", where the environmental consequences of human  
>> development have a tremendous impact on Earth's equilibrium. Those  
>> effects are already set in motion and will have far-reaching  
>> consequences in the coming years despite all the measures we could take  
>> to mitigate them (considering we simply do not fail to take action).  
>> While trying to avoid some of the consequences of the Anthropocene is  
>> an issue that is well-worth striving for, another task would be to  
>> reconsider the design of things at the time of the Anthropocene and  
>> that includes the Web. For instance, a 2008 study by the University of  
>> Dresden stated that if no measure was taken, the energy needed to power  
>> the infrastructure of the Web in 2030 would be tantamount to the energy  
>> consumed by humanity in 2008. The agendas of the stakeholders who are  
>> trying to set the Web forward in motion are mainly focused on adding  
>> new technological layers to
> the existing ones. Yet, the logic behind these developments remains that  
> of tapping into unlimited resources, not limited ones. Lots of endeavors  
> are currently focused on reshaping the Web into a "Web we want", a  
> redecentralized open Web fit for an enlightened digital age. Those who  
> advocate such an agenda and those who oppose it generally both share a  
> common assumption: that enlightened or not, the future will be even more  
> digital than the present. Yet, life at the time of the Anthropocene, at  
> least in the coming decades, might not remain as pervasively digital as  
> it is today. Other efforts that see the ongoing battle for the  
> decentralization of the Web as an opportunity to "downscale" it (in  
> particular in Africa) seem to be aware of that. Maybe it's time to take  
> into account other perspectives on the future and concretely act towards  
> building a sustain-able (Tony Fry) Web. In other words, a Web We Can  
> Afford. This group would like to reconcile the development of the Web  
> and an
> awareness to the environmental issues by appealing to Web architects and  
> designers, eco-designers, activists, philosophers, social scientists,  
> etc., so as to make the issue a public one to begin with, before  
> devising a set of guidelines as a first step towards concrete action.
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